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Conference rusure::nintendo

Title:	Nintendo Game Systems
Notice:	Please enter Super NES notes in Yuppy::Super_NES.
Moderator:	RUSURE::EDP

Created:	Tue Oct 20 1987
Last Modified:	Mon Feb 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	847
Total number of notes:	11602

124.0. "STAR FORCE" by SCOMAN::PHILLIPS () Tue Aug 30 1988 16:54

    I've been playing Tecmo's STAR FORCE a lot lately, and feel I have
    a few useful tips to pass on:
    
    1. A good scoring opportunity comes in Area A, when the first LARIOS
       fortress appears.  Move to the upper center as the core appears.
       When the core lights, fire immediately - and don't chicken out
       by evading the oncoming section.  If you place eight shots, you
       will get 50,000 instead of 1,000.
    
    2. The MEEUWS ships have a special way of maneuvering; they come
       to your level then turn 90 degrees.  Moving up or down will 
       often get you past them safely.
    
    3. The ALPHA TARGET and all subsequent targets (BETA, GAMMA, etc.)
       are easy to destroy.  When you hear the fanfare, move to the
       middle of the screen.  The target will appear, then it will
       begin to move side to side.  Thrust to the top, then pull back
       as it returns.  The side turrets will miss you every time, and
       you can easily nail the target.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
124.1	STAR FORCE once more!	SCOMAN::PHILLIPS		`Wed Aug 31 1988 00:13`	18
	(Continued from note .0) 4. The OBSESS splitting mines cause a lot of trouble for beginners. I find the best way to get past them is to drop to the bottom side, let them get halfway down the screen, then thrust to the opposite side while firing. You usually have JUST enough speed to dodge the fragments. 5. It doesn't state it in the manual, but you are awarded bonus ships at 50,000 and 200,000 points. I don't know where the next point bonus is, but it is somewhere beyond 492,300 (my current high score!) Finally, the book offers a clue to finding the CLEOPATRA mask for a huge point bonus (1,000,000 points!). I've not yet found any definite clues, let alone the mask. How about it - any of you cosmic gunslingers found it yet? --Eric--
124.2	I don't like it.	ATSE::FLAHERTY	Just imagine it.	`Sun Sep 04 1988 12:30`	8
	I played the game in the arcade and then rented it, I liked it in the arcade, but felt that the home version lacked somthing. There is a Sega game very similar, and I think that it is by far a better game. All this for just $19.95... Pat..
124.3	MOVED BY MODERATOR	MOMAX1::PILOTTE	It just keeps getting better!	`Mon Mar 13 1989 12:46`	29
	<<< MOMAX1::SYS$SYSDEVICE:[NOTES$LIBRARY]NINTENDO.NOTE;1 >>> -< Nintendo Entertainment System >- ================================================================================ Note 230.0 STAR-FORCE 1 reply DNEAST::PURNELL_CHRI "I want my NES!!!" 9 lines 13-MAR-1989 11:10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STARFORCE Any way to start off with more then 3 guys!! Made if past ALPHA & BETA targets, and have started GAMMA section....Just ain't enough ships!!!! * Chris * ================================================================================ Note 230.1 STAR-FORCE 1 of 1 SPUD::GAYF 7 lines 13-MAR-1989 11:50 -< Ships along the way. >- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't know of a way to start off with more, but during play look for the green squares with the ? in them. Try to shoot then all as behind one of them is a smiling face which will give you an extra ship. I have gotten up to theta (five levels deep) using this method and along the way picked up 9 additional ships by zapping this ?'s. Frank